Week of October 31-November 4th

Its the last week of the 2nd six weeks!  Its that time again, students please prepare yourself for the all exams. Make sure that all assignment are turned in on time. We will continue to work on the person narrative.


Reminders:

Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:

 2nd payment of $50 for the end-of-year trip is due by November 14, 2016. 

Please make sure that you turn in money by the due date to Mrs. A. Cantu. 

Week of October 24-28

We will be covering introductions and conclusions to narrative writing during the week. There are different types of introductions that can be used to writing to hook the reader to keep on reading your essay. Make sure that you turn in all assignments on time to your teachers.

Reminders :

Monday: Mix-up day
Tuesday: Hats off day
Wednesday:  Join the fight
Thursday: Future Bright '
Friday: Team up against drugs * Fall Festival

 2nd payment of $50 for the end-of-year trip is due by November 14, 2016. 

Please make sure that you turn in money by the due date to Mrs. A. Cantu. 

 Week of October 17-21

       We will continue to cover compound sentences this week. Make sure that you take a look at the notes below, to have a better understanding of what compound sentences are. Make sure that you turn in all assignments to all teachers. We will be taking the 2nd six weeks mini assessment on Thursday, October 20th. Make sure that you go over your interactive notebook notes. 

What Are Compound Sentences?

A compound sentence has at least two independent clauses.

An independent clause (unlike a dependent clause) can stand alone as a sentence.

In a compound sentence, the two clauses are joined using:

• a conjunction with a comma (e.g., ", and")
(Read more about when to use commas before conjunctions.)
• a semicolon
(Read more about using semicolons.)
• a colon
(This is rare because the words after a colon are not often an independent clause.)
(Read more about using colons.)
• a dash
(Read more about using dashes instead of semicolons and colons.)
• a conjunction with a semicolon (e.g., "; and")
(This is rare because it's an outdated style.)
(Read more about when to use a comma before conjunctions.)

Examples of Compound Sentences

Below are examples of compound sentences. In each example, the independent clauses are shaded.

• Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. (Albert Einstein, 1879-1955)
• There used to be a real me, but I had it surgically removed. (Peter Sellers, 1925-1980)
• Go, and never darken my towels again. (Groucho Marx, 1890-1977)
(Note: Go is the shortest sentence in English.)
• Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do. (Dale Carnegie)

Reminders:  

Monday: 

Tuesday: 

Wednesday:

Thursday: University T-Shirt / Writing Mini Assessment

Friday: Spirit T-Shirt 

Week of October 10-14

    We will be covering compound sentences this week. Make sure that you take a look at the notes below, to have a better understanding of what compound sentences are. Make sure that you turn in all assignments to all teachers.  

What Are Compound Sentences?

A compound sentence has at least two independent clauses.

An independent clause (unlike a dependent clause) can stand alone as a sentence.

In a compound sentence, the two clauses are joined using:

• a conjunction with a comma (e.g., ", and")
(Read more about when to use commas before conjunctions.)
• a semicolon
(Read more about using semicolons.)
• a colon
(This is rare because the words after a colon are not often an independent clause.)
(Read more about using colons.)
• a dash
(Read more about using dashes instead of semicolons and colons.)
• a conjunction with a semicolon (e.g., "; and")
(This is rare because it's an outdated style.)
(Read more about when to use a comma before conjunctions.)

Examples of Compound Sentences

Below are examples of compound sentences. In each example, the independent clauses are shaded.

• Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. (Albert Einstein, 1879-1955)
• There used to be a real me, but I had it surgically removed. (Peter Sellers, 1925-1980)
• Go, and never darken my towels again. (Groucho Marx, 1890-1977)
(Note: Go is the shortest sentence in English.)
• Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do. (Dale Carnegie)

Reminders:  

Monday: No School 

Tuesday: Last day to pay the initial payment for the end-of-year-trip

Wednesday:

Thursday: University T-Shirt 

Friday: Spirit T-Shirt 

 

Week of October 3-7


WOW! Its the 1st week of the second six weeks.  We will be starting off the six weeks by learning about the compound subject and compound predicate. Furthermore, we will also be learning about sequence of events. We will be incorporating sequence of event in a variety of ways.  



Reminders:

Monday: Initial payment of $30 are due (end -of -year field trip )

Tuesday:

Wednesday: Fall Pictures

                     Report Card Night at Peter Piper Pizza (4:00-6:00)

Thursday:  HESTEC - Buses will depart at 7:30am from Ac2EMS will Pick up Grulla Students at Strips in Grulla at 7:45am.

Friday: Spirit T-Shirt